Center field shot [ a history of baseball on television

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Walker, James R. (Author), Bellamy, Robert V. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press , c2008
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The experimental years
  • 2. The first seasons of televised baseball
  • 3. Team approaches to television in the broadcast era
  • 4. Televising the world series
  • 5. Origins of the game of the week
  • 6. The national television package, 1966-89
  • 7. National broadcasts in the cable era
  • 8. The pay television era
  • 9. Television as threat, television as savior
  • 10. Television and the "death" of the golden age minors
  • 11. Baseball, television, Congress, and the law
  • 12. Baseball and television synergy
  • 13. The announcer in the television age
  • 14. Innovations in production practices
  • 15. Baseball in the advanced media age